corchete

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochet. Doublet of croché.

Noun

corchete m (plural corchetes)

square bracket
hook and eye
(Chile) staple
Synonym: grapa
(colloquial, historical) cop; copper (police)

Further reading

“corchete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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